Goyo Restaurant, one of the top five main restaurants in Tokyo.

The so-called main store, first of all, must have the liquor license issued by the imperial court, the Great Song Dynasty liquor belongs to the franchise, the official certificate is extremely difficult to approve, if you can't make wine, it is not enough to be qualified.

Secondly, the main store has a colorful building Huanmen, which is the green building.

Again, the main store from the scattered seats to the private room to the flower pavilion, the three-delivery style must all have a three-way layout, which can receive guests of any need.

To put it bluntly, the main store is a large liquor store that includes the Qinglou.

The main store is extremely difficult to review and manage, and the management is extremely strict, and it is a place that can be set up and operated only after rigorous review.

There are only 72 stores in the entire city of Tokyo.

Gaoyang Zhengdian is located in the east of Daxiangguo Temple, below Panlou Street, is a vast three-story restaurant.

It is not like the four-sided pattern of the Fan Tower, but only one large building covers all the business.

If you have to say which is the largest store on the first floor of the main store in Tokyo, then Goyo is the first.

Zhao Ta only brought Zhang Xian alone, not because other people in the house couldn't believe it, but because the fewer people who knew about the Dali envoy, the better.

Zhang Xian is Xiaoniang's younger brother, and he is also half of his disciple, so Zhao Ta brought him here.

Before he came, he carefully told Zhang Xian that this time was powerful, and after Zhang Xian heard it, he naturally understood the joints, so he became cautious.

When they arrived at the front of Gaoyang Building, the two dismounted, and there was already a reception in the store to greet them, and after greeting the cold and asking for warmth, the horses were placed, and the two walked into the building.

I saw that this building is deep and wide, and the layout is gorgeous, and there are hundreds of scattered seats on the first floor, and the stairs that go upstairs alone are enough for four, distributed in four directions.

At this moment, it was not noon, there were not many guests in the hall, and the little maid who led the way on the side bowed down and asked: "Are the two sons on the first floor, or are they ......?"

Zhao Ta said lightly: "Go to the Caiyun Pavilion on the third floor." ”

The third floor of Gaoyang Zhengdian is a flower pavilion, and generally only at night will be on the customer, and it is still early at the moment, and it is empty.

Although there were few people who were going to enter the Flower Pavilion this morning, the little guy saw a lot of people on weekdays, so he didn't show any surprise, so he invited the two of them to the third floor.

Zhao Ta had been here once before, and knew that Caiyun Pavilion was close to the inside, and there were no guests next to him at the moment, so it was quiet and quiet.

After entering the pavilion, he ordered some wine and food, and quietly waited for the envoy sent by Duan Yichang.

About a moment later, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and I saw the lady in charge of the Flower Pavilion leading the three of them.

Zhao Ta couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the three of them, it was actually a snow-colored woman in white with a famous lotus step.

The woman was slender and slender at the waist, and as soon as she entered the pavilion, there was a fragrant smell like blue and musk.

Seeing this, Zhao Tan couldn't help touching his chin, how could Yi Chang send a famous woman over to talk about things? That's a bit too unsafe.

It's not that he thinks that women are necessarily worse than men, but women are more attention-grabbing, which is from Dali to Tokyo, all the way to thousands of mountains and rivers, men don't dare to guarantee that they are safe, and a woman who knows if she will encounter any danger.

The woman wore a hat on her head, shaped like a hat, and a white veil hung down on all sides, so that she could not see her true face.

The two who followed were an old man and a middle-aged man, both of whom were burly, walking with dragons and tigers, and seeing that they had fists and feet.

At this time, the lady in charge of the pavilion retreated, Zhao Ta glanced at Zhang Xian, and Zhang Xian immediately went out to stand outside to guard.

Zhao Ta's gaze fell back on the woman, squinting slightly.

The woman's hat moved, as if she was looking at the pavilion door, and then she spoke in a low voice, but it was Zhulang Yurun: "But His Royal Highness King Qin is in person?" ”

Zhao Ta glanced at her and nodded slightly.

The woman seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, then took off her hat, revealing a shy jade appearance, and saluted: "Dali Duan Siyan, I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin." ”

Zhao Ta saw that his appearance was as bright as a spring flower, as beautiful as an autumn moon, and that the peach was dying, scorching its beauty, and couldn't help but say: "Who are you Duan Yichang?" ”

The woman said, "Yi Chang is my brother." ”

Zhao Ta thought about it when he heard this, and suddenly remembered someone in his heart, and said, "You are Princess Zhaoqing?" ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, and then smiled shyly: "It's the little girl, I didn't expect the prince to know the name of the little girl." ”

Zhao Tan shook his head secretly, this Zhaoqing princess Duan Siyan is Duan Yichang's younger sister, and Duan Yichang is from the Defei Wang family.

Duan Heyu's queen is a member of the powerful Gao family in Dali, and there is nothing under her knees, and the queen is the highest status of Concubine De, so these two sisters and brothers are very favored, although Duan Heyu has many daughters, but only Duan Siyan is the princess.

But what is she here for? It's just a matter of sending a safe person to such a major event, but how can you let this Princess Zhaoqing come over?

Now the Dali Duan royal family is involved in a confused account of the Gao family, the head of the Gao family, Gao Taiming, died, in addition to his brothers, there are eight sons, the whole family is cannibalistic, the most serious moment of internal struggle for power.

And the Duan family secretly supported Gao Taiming's second son, the lord of Chuxiong, Gao Mingliang, if Zhao Ta remembered correctly, it should be Duan Yichang who married Gao Mingliang's daughter soon after, and Princess Zhaoqing married Gao Mingliang's son.

Gao Mingliang's son is called Gao Liangcheng, he has few ambitions, all-round talents in civil and military affairs, and after Gao Mingliang's death, he attacked the territory of Chuxiong.

After his uncle Gao Mingqing was killed in Shanxian for the 37th rebel army, he led the army to quell the rebellion, nicknamed "Protector of the Law", and then took over the phase and served as the minister of Dali.

Because his great-grandfather Gao Shengtai once usurped the power of the Duan family, changed the name of Dali, and called himself the emperor of Great China, although he returned the power to Duan on his deathbed, but his son Gao Taiming still called himself the Duke of Great China, and Gao Liangcheng said that his family was the orthodoxy of the Gao family, and he also asked for the title of Duke of Great China from the Duan family.

This person will be the territory of Chuxiong, including the entire Weichu region, governance has become another military and political center of Dali, known as "four barbarians, gather here", the princes of the eight directions in Dali, are all in this alliance.

Later, Duan Yichang was able to successfully become the emperor of Dali, and it was precisely because of this Gao Liangcheng's support.

Zhao Ta suddenly felt a little headache, the Gao family in Dali has always been able to produce many people, this high amount of talent and learning skills is not weaker than the Yelu Dashi of the Liao State, if it is not for the Duan family to win the hearts of the people, he is tied up by the family, I am afraid that it will not be the next Yelu Dashi.

And this Siyan is bound to marry Gao Liangcheng, this is an important chess piece of the Duan family, and there must be no mistakes, but at this time, she actually came to Tokyo, in case something happens, not to mention that the matter of the vine armor will be ruined, even if he contacts Dali privately, I am afraid that it will also be exposed to the sun.

Zhao Ta's eyebrows tightened, looked at Duan Siyan and said, "The princess is here in Tokyo, can Ling Zun know?" ”

Duan Siyan blinked and said, "The matter of the vine armor is secret, and it will not be known by Abba." ”

Zhao Tan smiled bitterly, knowing that she would be wrong, but from this point of view, it confirmed the fact that Si Yan ran away secretly, Duan Yichang, this kid is too unreliable, didn't he think about the consequences if there was anything wrong on the real road?

"Brother doesn't know about it!" Duan Siyan said again with a smile.

"Huh?" Now Zhao Ta is a little dumbfounded, Duan Yichang doesn't know? But Duan Yichang didn't know, how did you know about the rattan armor? I also came to Tokyo to discuss.

"King Qin doesn't need to be surprised." Duan Siyan continued: "At that time, the King of Qin sent someone to find the rattan armor, and Ah Di discussed it privately with me, he was inconvenient to do things at the moment, and the manufacturing method of the rattan armor was actually the five pairs of old rattan armor that I sent someone to find in the mountain tribe and gave to the King of Qin, which were also my private collection. ”

"You are saying......" Zhao Ta raised his eyebrows when he heard this, this Dali is different from the Central Plains, the princess is not raised in the deep palace and does not go out, her sister and brother support each other, and it is possible to take care of this matter together, but why did she go north this time, and she didn't even know about Duan Yichang?

"I know that the prince has questions, my brother is being watched very closely at the moment, and his every move will be noticed, so I was entrusted with this matter to handle it, so I came by myself, and by the way, I saw the splendid rivers and mountains of the Great Song Dynasty." Duan Siyan said, a pair of small hands behind the back, with a delicate face.

Zhao Ta looked at her, and was speechless for a while, thinking to himself that you are really bold, if something goes wrong, you will be killed.

"Princess, please sit down and talk." Zhao Ta pondered that since he had come, it was useless to say anything at this time, but he was still faintly worried: "The princess has been away for a long time, won't Lingzun Lingci be suspicious?" ”

Duan Siyan sat down behind the opposite case, shook her head and said, "Daddy and Grandma know that I am going out, but I don't know that I came to the Great Song Dynasty Tokyo, so I just went to Cangshan to play." ”

Zhao Ta nodded, it seems that this is a wild girl, she must be used to it in Dali, otherwise such a big thing, how could even the Emperor and the concubines of Dali not know.

At this time, Zhang Xian came in and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, the one who served the food is here." ”

Zhao Ta nodded, and after a while, the wine and food were all together, and when people walked away, Zhao Ta filled his wine glass and saluted slightly: "The princess has worked hard from afar, and she is tired of trekking for the matter of rattan armor, and this king respects the princess with a glass." ”

Duan Siyan held the cup in both hands, drank it all, and then said with a little blush: "King Qin is too polite, but it's not hard, not to mention that King Qin sent me a word before, and I haven't thanked him yet, I am all about helping the prince." ”

"What did the princess say?" Zhao Ta was puzzled when he heard this.

"It's that Sauvignon Blanc, my brother went back and said that he would talk to King Qin about it, and King Qin immediately wrote a Sauvignon Blanc scroll by himself, which was very refreshing."

"Sauvignon Blanc......" The corners of Zhao Ta's mouth twitched, it turned out that Duan Yichang wanted this painting to give to Princess Zhaoqing, but when did he become so happy? What's more, Duan Yichang didn't ask him for words directly, but instead made a bunch of careful thoughts, and even dug a pit for him to jump.

"It's Sauvignon Blanc!" Duan Siyan said: "The name of King Qin is well known in my country, and the poems are the most popular, but King Qin's ink treasure is rare, according to those booksellers in the Central Plains, no one can ask for it, and that Sauvignon Blanc is the envy of many people." ”

"It's good if the princess likes it,......" Zhao Ta said curtly: "This king really doesn't know that his own ink treasure is so hard to find, and those booksellers are just spreading false rumors." ”

"No matter what, I can't take King Qin's things for nothing, so I naturally have to help with the matter of the vine armor." Speaking of this, Duan Siyan smiled playfully and filled herself with another glass of fruit wine.

Zhao Ta looked at her, thinking that Duan Yichang had also taken out a word at that time, I am afraid that it was also filled in by Princess Zhaoqing, it seems that this Dali has indeed admired the Central Plains culture for a long time, and the royal family has also learned to write poems and lyrics.

He thought about it again, is his family really so famous in Dali? The ones that Duan Yichang said last time weren't deliberately flattering?

If this is the case, I really want to go to Dali if I have the opportunity in the future, after all, the scenery over there is good, and it is also a pleasure to be admired.

The two drank a few more glasses, and Zhao Ta stepped into the topic and asked, "I wonder how the princess plans to build the rattan armor?" ”

At this moment, he knew that Duan Yichang was being targeted by other princes, and the matter of the vine armor would probably fall on this princess, and it would take a look at what kind of charter she was.

Duan Siyan seemed to have already made up her mind, and said: "Although Dali doesn't use rattan armor at the moment, it can't be blatantly made, and there is no secluded place to hide in the suburbs of the city, so I plan to put the rattan armor in some mountain villages to make it." ”

"A stockade in the mountains?" Zhao Ta nodded, there are many vines in the mountains of Dali, and tung oil is produced, but it can be directly made from local materials, saving the trouble of transporting materials, and at the same time, this matter does not go out of the mountain, it has been carried out in the mountain, and the risk of exposure is also avoided.

"It's a village in the mountains." Duan Siyan nodded: "The original method of making rattan armor was also obtained from those villages, in fact, it is not a special secret, there are always half families in some old villages who know how to build rattan armor." ”

"I know it will take about two years to complete a pair of rattan armor, but if you do it properly, it may not be impossible to build it in a year and a half, right?" Zhao Ta thought for a while.

"According to normal logic, a year and a half is indeed possible, but it is necessary to have little rain and plenty of sunshine, but how can it be like this weather in the year...... Maybe two months earlier, but it's not entirely guaranteed. Duan Siyan pondered.

Zhao Ta frowned, this was not the same as he thought, although the manufacturing process steps of the rattan armor could not be omitted, but he felt that as long as the middle was finer, he could still save some time.

"And the tung oil reason." Duan Siyan said: "The rattan armor needs to be soaked in tung oil, although I produce tung oil in Dali, but the armor is large, if it is produced too much, there is not so much tung oil soaked together, and it must be carried out in turns, so it will be delayed a little more." ”

Zhao Tan muttered: "If there is enough tung oil, will it save time?" ”

Duan Siyan said: "If the tung oil is enough, even if the weather is bad, it will almost be made in a year and a half, but the village in the mountains is already barren, even in the city, there is not so much tung oil." ”

Zhao Ta smiled when he heard this, this is indeed the case, even if Dali produces tung oil, but a pair of rattan armor is almost the size of a person, to soak multiple pairs of rattan armor together, how much does it take? It is impossible for the village in the mountains to have those tung oil reserves.

He said: "There is a sequence of manufacturing, not all the stockades can start together, if it takes two years, how many rattan armors does the princess think can be made?" ”

Duan Siyan said: "I have calculated this with my brother, and there should be about two or three thousand vice presidents." ”

"Two or three thousand?" Zhao Ta couldn't help but shake his head.

Duan Siyan looked at Zhao Ta with slight doubts, although she didn't ask Zhao Ta what he wanted this rattan armor to do, but since it was done in private, he definitely wanted to do something shady.

It's just that she and Duan Yichang both think that Zhao Ta can't rebel, after all, with the system of the Great Song Dynasty, it may be easy for the mountain bandits to rebel, but it is difficult for the people in the royal family to rebel, because the right of the Great Song Dynasty to transfer troops is in the Privy Council, and there is a Western army outside, and the royal family is restricted everywhere, and there is no opportunity to do something to contact the bandits and coerce the exiles.

But if you don't rebel, what do you want so many rattan armor for?

"Ten thousand pairs!" Zhao Ta stretched out a finger: "In two years, this king wants 10,000 pairs of rattan armor, this king just roughly calculated, as long as a stockade can complete a hundred pairs, then as long as a hundred stockades can make these rattan armors!" ”

"Ten thousand?" Duan Siyan was taken aback when she heard this, so many rattan armors were not rebellions, but what were they going to do!

Zhao Ta looked at her expression and shook his head slightly: "I use these rattan armor to do something in the west, not what the princess thinks." ”

Duan Siyan made up her mind, you must know that Dali's treasury income for a year is not much, Dali has few villains, taxes are not high, and part of the input comes from trade with the Great Song Dynasty, but the price of this 10,000 pairs of rattan armor is afraid that it can be worth Dali's trade income for one or two years.

At this time, the price of a pair of iron armor of the normal forbidden army, the cavalry is about eighty guan, the infantry is about forty guan, and the different armor of other arms is about this.

Originally, when the Great Song Dynasty was first established, it was only half of these prices, but by the moment of Emperor Daojun, the cost price of armor had directly doubled.

According to this price, and then converted into silver, a pair of riding armor already costs forty taels, and the infantry armor also costs twenty taels, after all, silver is not a one-to-one exchange ratio at this time.

And rattan armor, in fact, horse steps can be used, if you take the middle price of a pair of iron armor thirty taels, plus thirty percent of the profit, it is forty taels.

According to the results of the preliminary negotiations between Ouyang Bei and Dali before, the purchase of 20% of the price of the iron armor is 80,000 taels of silver, and 10,000 pairs of rattan armor is 80,000 taels of silver.

Eighty thousand taels of silver, nearly 200,000 yuan, this is a huge amount even for the Dali court.

But Duan Siyan was not sure that she would take out 10,000 pairs of rattan armor after two years, after all, Zhao Ta said easily, a hundred villages, a hundred pairs of rattan armor in a village, but these villages are all in the mountains, and they need to run and negotiate one by one, and it takes time.

Zhao Ta looked at her hesitant appearance, and suddenly smiled: "The princess came over this time, I was going to bargain, after all, a pair of rattan armor of eight taels of silver is not cheap, but it ......"

Speaking of this, he paused, and Duan Siyan looked at him: "Lord Wang, but what?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "If the princess can make 10,000 pairs of rattan armor in two years, then this king will not only bargain, but also give the princess an extra 20,000 taels of silver, a total of 100,000 taels!" ”

When Duan Siyan heard this, she couldn't help but be stunned.

(End of chapter)